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E. F. SCHWARTZ.

BATH TUB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZB. 1am.

1,315,643. Patented 9,1919.

EMMA I. SCHWARTZ, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BATH-TUB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Application filed June 28, 1918. Serial No. 242,350.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA F. SCHWARTZ, citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new nd useful Improvements in Bath-Tubs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in bath tubs, comprising acombined head rest and seat formed in one end of the tub, allsubstantially as shown and described and more particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal section of a tubembodying my improvement and ShOfWlIlg it used as a hea rest. Fig. 2 isa plan view, and Fig. 3 is'a transverse section .of the tub shown inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is 'a detail view illustrating the invention in use as aseat.

The tu-b 2 illustrated represents a metal tub, but it may be made ofother materials and in other forms. The novel feature in this tubconsists in the formation at the end thereof, comprising aneck-receiving socket 3 and a shallow rounded seat 4L, whereby theoccupant of the tub may lie either in aninclined position in the tubwith his head in a rest position, as shown in Fig. 1, or be seated in anelevated position at the end of the. tub above the water line, as shownin Fig. 4. To. obtain a comfortable and satisfactory neck and head restas well as to prevent slipping, and to provide a means for ap-' plyingpressure to the nerve centers at the base of the brain in treatingnervous discases, I round the bottom of the socket or channel 3 bothtransversely and longitudinally to approximately the shape of the neck,and to obtain a comfortable and secure head rest and seat I haveextended the sloping wall 5 of the tub on curvedlines beyond the end ofthe neck socket 3 and have bordered this recessed seating surface 4 by arim or roll 6 which is substantially a continuation "of the side rims orrolled borders 7. The seating surface 4; slopes and rounds oil intodistinct depressions 8 at each side of the neck cavity 3, and this givesthe central portion of the seat at each side of the cavity theappearance of having two rounded protuberances 9. This formationprovides side rests for the neck When the head is in rest position onthe seat, and the elevation of the protuberances or swells 9 is notgreat enough to give discomfort when used as a seat. On the contrary theswells 9 serve to make a secure and safe seat for the person sittingthereon, that is, they prevent slipping movements in washing and bathingoperations, especially when a soap solution is used. Further, thecentrally-situated neck channel 3 and the legreceiving depressions 8slope downwardly into the tub and aiford ample drainage for the recessedseat t. The seat itself forms the actual head rest and extends asuflicieut distance away from the neck channel 3 to hold a long or heavybody of hair apart and out of contact with the water in the tub, andthis feature is of decided advantage in a ladys tub.

What I claim is:

1 A bath tub having an end wall terminating in a horizontal seat withspaced rounded protuberances at the inner edge thereof subdividing thesurface into leg-receiving depressions and a neck-holding socket.

2. A bath tub having an end wall provided with a shallow seat in its topportion and'a central cavity relatively of the same depth as said seatand adapted to form a neck rest for the bather.

3. A bath tub having an end wall provided with a rounded seating surfaceand a neck-receiving cayity centrally thereof and a'depression in thewall at either slde of sald cavity.

Signed'at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga, and State of Ohio, the29th day of May, 1918.

EMMA F. SCHWARTZ.

